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| UPGRADE FROM VPI SCOUTMASTER I have a good local friend who’s a smart, cautious guy. He’s owned a Scoutmaster for some years now. He’s very thoroughly explored the Scoutmaster-to-Prime option, and conclusively settled on sticking with the Scoutmaster. From what I understand o... | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? I listen to a lot of hard rock and metal. I used to own Kensington SE. They are very good for that music, but you don’t want them in too big a room so that they have trouble pushing out satisfying bass pressure - or use them with subs. You’ll also... | |
| Any Hagerman Trumpet users have tube suggestions? Owned a Trumpet a few years ago; very nice amp. It’s really hard to beat Telefunken 12ax7. I mean you can, but the Teles are far more plentiful and not too expensive. I believe you can also use 12at7 (or 12ay7) in the 12au7 slots (in fact mine did... | |
| Increasing gain for your vinyl front end when pre-amp doesn't quite have enough juice At 4.5mV output on your MP-150, you’ll likely be running way to close to the overload margins of a phono stage running at 59 dB - especially a budget phono like the Mani. So in your case, yes adding a headphone amp with a net gain of around say 10... | |
| Under speakers Vibrapod or Gaïa Do people still use Vibrapods? Not very effective. And as noted, they don't even last. Many excellent options today, including everything mentioned here besides Vibrapods. | |
| Forever turntable under $2000 Hard to go wrong with a Concept in that range. Ensure you get the fixed-bearing arm (Satisfy), though. The magnetic bearing "Concept" arms are way waaaay too sensitive to footfalls and heavy acoustic feedback, and will jump out of the groove when ... | |
| Importance of impedance matching cartridge with phono stage? A whole lot of low-output MC’s like to be loaded 100 ohms or less in conjunction with many active MC phono stages. If you get one of those, the new additional settings at 200+ won’t help you anyways. Of course there are exceptions, e.g. Benz Ruby.... | |
| Schitt turntable anyone? There is evidence of sub-par build quality and engineering, on head-case. If you choose to be a fanboy, this won't matter to you anyways. That said I owned a Yggdrasil and enjoyed it. | |
| Denon dl-103 for pro-ject debut Carbon As mentioned, the Debut is a ridiculously terrible match for MC's. | |
| Worth it to try a SUT with a 103R and Herron VTPH-2? I’ve started using a Sky 20 with my VTPH-2A. The JFET MC stage in the Herron is really good, so it’s much closer than usual, but in the end I prefer the extra warmth and fat tone lent by the SUT, especially with Shelter and Koetsu. It’s notably mo... | |
| Phono Pre Impedance Matching- Herron VTPH -2A or Manley Chinook 16k is a tough load for a lot of tube gear. Don’t go by just the single listed impedance number (eg 91 ohms for the Manley). This can vary by frequency, usually drastically rising for low frequencies due to output caps. As Keith mentioned, often y... | |
| Turntable that will be around heavy foot steps? SOTA turntables are genuinely fantastic at this, and getting one is a hell of a lot easier (and more aesthetic) than trying to isolate for your specific room/floor/etc.Outboard spring/mass solutions may work well too, but SOTA’s suspensions are si... | |
| Does it make sense to run a 3k cartridge on a 2k table? To add to my prior post, I currently run a table that retails for 28K (without arm), and though I love it - I'd encourage you to get the cartridge you really want first. By all reports your Gold Note phono stage is great, and won't hold you back h... | |
| Does it make sense to run a 3k cartridge on a 2k table? No problem. I’ve run Koetsu Onyx on a 25 year old SOTA Star. It was awesome and yes the Onyx was able to show off and beat up on more modestly priced cartridges. But be aware that tonearm and phono stage quality & matching will become much mor... | |
| What about diamond cantilever/stylus combo I am not making any claims against SS’s value proposition; obviously their very modest prices combined with stellar user reviews makes it a hard-to-pass choice. Especially when revamping top-class generators resold without tip for a song.I am sayi... |